Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-06-25
BEN DS TO ROYALTY.
DEMOCRATIC" SNOBBERY
AND G, 0. p. GUSH.
The "Dcmoeratic" Mayors of Boston
and New York Unite to Uiorify
Monarchy -- Fanenil Hall
Dcsecrated -~ Social.
iSt Opposition.

The alleged birthday of Mrs.
Guelph, Brown, etc., vulgarlv called
Queen Victoria, occurred about a
month ago and was celebrated by the
admirers of the woman. Last Tucs-
day was the anniversary of her AS
sumption of "rulership,' and the
admirers Of royalty went wild over
the disgmcoful event. Boston s
mayor, n "democrat" ramed O'Brien,
who was elected by "repubican" and
democratic" workingmen's votes.
and New York's mayor, the motor
ious "society-savior," Hewitt, also
elected by the combined votes of
democrats" and "republicans"
showed their abiect servility by tax.
ing sides with the anglo-manacs and
aristocrats against the people, and
against American traditions. And
then, there's that Cleveland. who
was made President of the United
States nearly three years ago, What
did he do but send a telegram to Vic
toria, addressing her as 'fGreat and
Good Friend, and gushing over with
protcstations of esteem, etc. How
do the democrats" like this dose !?
But then, save for the matter of sex,
Grover and Victoria are two of a kind.
The socialists on this occasion proved
themselves to be loyal to the spirit
of freedom which should animate all
| true Americans.
Our news from Boston this week is
of highly interesting character.
When our comrades learned that
Faneull hall was to be handed over
to the tlunkies Of the British Empire
they determined that the dcsecration
should not be porpotrated if they
could prevent it. They called n meet
ing to protest against the outrage and
were astonished at the result of their
efforts. The Irish natlonalists i'm
mediately responded and an cnor-
nous gathering was the consequence.
Though the use of the hall was grant
ed to our comrades yet through the
undcrhand work of the capltallstic
scoundrels who control the city af-
fairs they were kept out for over
two hours after The time appointed
for the meeting. But they are ener-
gotic men of such stuff as only So
cialists are made of. With the aid
Of natlonalists they arranged half a
dozen meetings around the building
and in eloquent language proceeded
to protest against the outrage. Soon
they gained admittancc to the old
cradle itself and Boyle 0'Reilly, the
poet, led the way in speech which
aroused the vast audience to sach a
fever of Indignation that it was seri-
ously proposed to hold the hall until
Wednesday morning. We wish that
we could record that they did so.
We know that had the courage of our
comrades been reflected by the
mass assembled at the meeting to
glorify the "bloody old woman" it
would never have been held in Fame
ull hall. We wish we had space to
give the resolutions in full but in
substance they stigmatize the reign
of Victoria as the darkest chapter of
oppression and crime in authentic
history; it denounces the destruction
in the midst of plenty-of millions of
subjects in Ireland and India; the
burning of Alexandria; the subjuga-
ton of Egypt and the continual OPP
preston of her people; the Infamous
land system by which nineteen-twen-
tieths Of the British Isles are de-
prived Of homes and independence;
the extreme pauperism of Britain
through the excesses of her aristo-
cratic robbers; the enforced opium
trade of China; the Burmese outrage
and the attempt to subjugate the
Transvaal Republic.
Altogether it was great meeting
and the enthusiastic manner in which
our comrades pushed it show the de-